Name: Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine's State of the Borough Address 2023 by MBP Mark D. Levine
Duration: 39 min 28 s
Description: Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine delivers his first State of the Borough since taking office in 2022. During the event, BP Levine highlights's the borough's ongoing comeback, and looks at some of the challenges facing the borough, including the affordability crisis, for which he proposes a bold solution.

Manhattan Borough President Mark D. Levine calls on transportation officials to close one lane of vehicular traffic on Route 9A (West Side Highway)  to create a two-way protected bike lane.

The major announcement comes as the current bike lane on the Hudson River Greenway, which runs along the West Side Highway, has become one of the most heavily used bike paths in the country, particularly with the additional increase in the use of electric bicycles on the lane.

Manhattan BP Levine proposes new bike lane on West Side Highway (08/02/22)

National Action Network and The Manhattan Borough President's Office discuss public safety concerns, licensing opportunities, among other topics related to the burgeoning cannabis industry.

NAN & MBPO present: Cannabis Education Series (08/03/2022)

On the final stop of the borough tour, BP Mark Levine, in Partnership with the Dominican Day Parade, acknowledges and honors the Manhattanites for the milestone 40th Anniversary of the National Dominican Day Parade.

MBPO presents: Manhattan Dominican Heritage Celebration (08/04/2022)

BP Mark Levine, in partnership with Hunter College, honors the enormous legacy of the Hispanic community in Manhattan.

MBPO presents: Hispanic Heritage Month Event (09/19/2022)

Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine hosted a press conference joined by descendants of Holocaust survivors, and advocates from the World Jewish Congress calling on city leaders to remove the names of former French Nazi-collaborators Henri Philippe Pétain and Pierre Laval from the Canyon of Heroes. 

Pétain and Laval headed the infamous Nazi-controlled Vichy government during the occupation of France during the Second World War. After the war, both were convicted of treason and sentenced to death for betraying France and its Jewish citizens - 75,000 of whom they sent to concentration camps.

“Removing the plaques is not a whitewashing of history. Rather, it is a refusal to continue to honor two people who made the choice to embody the worst of humanity. Pétain’s World War I contributions and his and Laval’s ticker tape parades will continue to exist in historic records, but their names do not need to remain on Broadway alongside true heroes like Nelson Mandela and Covid-19 pandemic essential workers. France itself has renamed streets that once honored Pétain,” said Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine. 

With the recent rise in antisemitic vitriol and attacks,it is especially urgent that we act swiftly to remove commemorations of people who allied with the Third Reich and perpetuated genocide against Jews and other marginalized groups in Europe. In a city home to more than one million Jews – many of whose ancestors fled countries ruled by Nazi collaborators – it is painful and shameful for these plaques to exist.

Manhattan BP Levine Calls on City to Remove Nazi Sympathizers from Public Monument (01/27/2023)

Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine delivers his first State of the Borough since taking office in 2022. During the event, BP Levine highlights's the borough's ongoing comeback, and looks at some of the challenges facing the borough, including the affordability crisis, for which he proposes a bold solution.

Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine's State of the Borough Address 2023

MBP Mark D. Levine

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